The Chopra Center Cookbook :
A
Nutritional Guide to Renewal / Nourishing Body and Soul
by Deepak Chopra, M.D., David Simon, M.D., and Leanne Backer
Paperback
Bestselling author Deepak Chopra is the leading pioneer in the field of
mind-body medicine. The world-famous Chopra Center for Well Being is a healing
place where people come from all over the world to learn how to nurture and
transform their bodies, minds, and souls through nutrition, meditation, and
mind-body practice. Finally, here is The Chopra Center Cookbook. Chopra’s
coauthors for this landmark cookbook are David Simon, M.D., Medical Director of
the Chopra Center for Well Being, and Leanne Backer, Executive Chef of the
Chopra Center. The Chopra Center Cookbook transforms the way we view food and
eating, showing us how to prepare delicious, nutritious meals that lead to
integration of body, mind, and spirit while reversing the aging process.
The Chopra Center Cookbook includes 30 days of delicious and balanced meal plans
and more than 200 easy-to-make, sumptuous recipes for entrees, soups, stews,
quick meals, breakfast dishes, snacks, and desserts that take the guesswork out
of choosing food that is good for the body. The Chopra Center Cookbook is rooted
in both cutting-edge nutritional science and the world’s most ancient health
system, Ayurveda, of which yoga is a close relative. Ayurveda recommends that we
all partake of the six tastes of life–sweet, sour, salty, pungent, bitter, and
astringent–and the recipes in this book are balanced to appeal to all six tastes
for optimal digestion and enjoyment. The recipes–quite low-fat and yet rich with
marvelous spices and herbs to add amazing flavor–favor fresh vegetables and
fruits and a wide variety of grains and beans; some also include the option of
adding fresh fish and chicken, should you so desire.